Nanta against Chunichi → 1-13 complete defeat

Left-hander Lee Seung-hyun and Choi Chae-heung, candidates for the fifth starting pitcher, took the mound side by side on the day. However, both players lost a lot of points. First of all, Lee took the mound as the starting pitcher, and allowed one hit, three walks, two strikeouts and three runs in two ⅓ innings. He pitches 49. Lee got off to a good start. He allowed three outs in the first inning. In the second inning, he was on the verge of a second base with two outs and a runner on the second base, but overcame the crisis by striking out. However, his pitching capacity increased significantly in the third inning. He allowed a walk and a right-handed hit, and was on the verge of loading the bases with no outs, and lost a point due to sacrifice fly to the left field. He left the mound with two runners in charge. As the second pitcher Hong Won-pyo called in all of Lee's runners in charge, Lee's loss increased to three runs. Left-hander Lee Seung-hyun, who joined in 2021 with the first nomination, started his career as a bullpen pitcher, drawing attention as a "post Oh Seung-hwan." Until last year, he pitched in all 147 games as a relief pitcher, and left a record of 4 wins, 13 losses, 6 saves, 28 holds, and a 4.90 ERA. However, he left for the Adelaide Giants of the Australian Baseball Organization (ABL) this year, and started his starting class. Two foreign pitchers from Conor Seabold and Danny Reyes, and Baek Jeong-hyun, who is Won-tae, have been confirmed as starters. Lee has chosen a new challenge for the remaining position. Lee started six games for Adelaide, but failed to secure victory, but posted an ERA of 4.32 (12 earned runs in 25 innings). He recorded 24 strikeouts per inning, reflecting his potential as a starting pitcher who struck out. However, he left a room for improvement in his first start test with Samsung. After Hong Won-pyo had two outs in the third inning, Choi took the mound in the fourth inning. Choi also had one hit in the first inning of the fourth inning, but he struck out one and blocked without losing a point. However, in the fifth inning, his second inning, he overlapped with defensive errors, but gave up four walks, and allowed four runs due to unstable ball control. He allowed four hits, four walks, and five runs (two earned) in two innings before leaving the mound. Choi has already shown his potential by winning 10 games as a starter. He predicted that he will secure the position of Samsung's native one-two punch with 11 wins and six losses and an ERA of 3.58 in 26 games in 2020. However, he faltered in 26 games with five wins and nine losses with a two-hold ERA of 4.56 in 2021, and joined the Korean Armed Forces Sports Unit. Having developed a strong sense of play at Sangmu, Choi was discharged from the military service last year. Immediately after being discharged from the military, he expected to join the starting lineup and give more support, but it was less than expected. He had one win and seven losses with an ERA of 6.68 in 15 games. As Choi got bogged down, Samsung's agony over starting pitcher intensified. And Choi now has to compete for starting pitcher again. Since then, Samsung has suffered a crushing defeat as its fourth pitcher Choi Ji-kwang suffered four hits (one homer) and two walks, two strikeouts and six runs (five earned) in two innings. Hong Jung-woo in the eighth inning and Choi Ha-neul in the ninth inning both allowed no run in one inning. Meanwhile, the batters had only five hits and one run. Kim Ji-chan (second baseman), Kim Sung-yoon (middle fielder), Kim Hyun-joon (right fielder), McKinnon (designated hitter), Jeon Byung-woo (third baseman), Kim Jae-sung (catcher), Kim Jae-hyuk (first baseman), Yoon Jung-bin (left fielder) and Kim Young-woong (striker). Among the starting members, Kim Ji-chan had one hit in two at-bats, and Yoon Jeong-bin had a double. Kim then completed the only run for Samsung on the day. He appeared as a lead-off hitter in the eighth inning and hit a solo shot to the left to prevent losing. Yang Woo-hyun and Gong Min-gyu also produced hits. Foreign hitter McKinnon had no hit in three at-bats, remaining silent.